Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) This section
applies to a requirement imposed on a person under this Part to give an
external intervener access to documents or information.
(2) The validity of
the requirement is not affected, and the person is not excused from compliance
with the requirement, on the ground that a law practice or Australian legal
practitioner has a lien over a particular document or class of documents.
(3) The external
intervener imposing the requirement may —
(a)
inspect any document provided pursuant to the requirement; and
(b) make
copies of the document or any part of the document; and
(c)
retain the document for a period the intervener thinks necessary for the
purpose of the external intervention in relation to which it was produced.
(4) The person is not
subject to any liability, claim or demand merely because of compliance with
the requirement.
(5) A failure of an
Australian lawyer to comply with the requirement is capable of constituting
unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.
(6) The Board may
suspend a local legal practitioner’s practising certificate while a
failure by the practitioner to comply with the requirement continues.